On the sixth day of the lunar month, the heavy snow that had been falling intermittently for half a month had stopped, and the weather was clear, and it was bright sunshine in the morning. Lu Wan took the carriage all the way to the courtyard at the foot of Kaiyuan Temple Mountain. Several mothers-in-law were already waiting at the door, took a group of people into the courtyard, and whispered back as they walked: "Yesterday, the little master in the temple made a special trip and asked the girl when she would arrive, but she didn't say anything wrong, only said that if the girl arrived, she would ask the girl to send someone to the temple to say something." ”

Lu Wan nodded with a "hmm", thought about it, and then paused and instructed the accompanying mother-in-law: "Mama will send someone to the temple to find Master Guangji to reply, just say that I will go to the mountain early tomorrow morning to offer incense." ”

The grandmother hurriedly agreed, turned her head and went out to find a clever little guy and carefully instructed.

The snow in the yard has already been swept away, enter the gate, bypass the hall, enter from the weeping flower gate is a small courtyard with winding paths, a few red plums bloom enchanting and gorgeous by the corridor, and the fragrance of plum blossoms can be smelled all over the yard. Along the winding verandah into an arch, there is a bamboo forest, which occupies an extremely large area. At the end of the bamboo forest, there is another forest, and now the leaves have fallen, the branches are full of ice crystals, and a few red plums are hidden in it, like a picture.

Passing through the forest, there is another archway, and entering is several exquisite and elegant courtyards, surrounded by verandahs, and the fragrance of flowers is overflowing. The charcoal basin had already been born in the house, Lu Wan entered the inner room, and the girls waited for them to change their clothes, leaned on the thick mattress with the stove, and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Green Zhi went outside and instructed, let the girls make a stove in the study in the side hall, if Zheng Xing and them come over, they will bring people over directly." ”

Green Branch hurriedly agreed and turned out.

This annex is built on the hot spring eye, and several rooms in the inner courtyard are built around the hot spring eye, so it is warmer than the other place. After a bumpy road in the morning, Lu Wan was half leaning on the low couch at the moment, turning a few pages of account books, the whole person was wrapped in warm air, and the faint fragrance of plum blossoms floated on the tip of his nose, only feeling a little tired, sleepiness hit, and he fell asleep unconsciously.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already bright outside, and the sun was just right, and the light was shining through the window, and the whole room looked bright. Lu Wan rubbed the corners of her eyebrows and sat up from the couch, only to feel that her brain was still a little dizzy, and asked in a daze, "What time is it?" ”

Green Branch served tea and hurriedly responded: "Back to the girl's words, it's almost noon." Just now, Shopkeeper Zheng and Shopkeeper Gu also arrived, and they were both waiting in the side hall. ”

Lu Wan took the teacup and took a sip, the warm tea soaked in her mouth, and the sleepiness in her mind also dissipated, and motioned to Lu Zhi to take the cloak over, and asked Yumo to comb her hair again, and then took people to the study in the side hall.

The carbon cage in the study is burning brightly, and the whole room is warm. Gu Sanyuan pinched a Ru kiln celadon carved chrysanthemum teacup and looked at it over and over again, and then poured a cup of tea by himself, leaned to the tip of his nose and sniffed the fragrance of tea, a satisfied smile gradually appeared on his face, and then took a sip of tea, and sure enough, his mouth was full of fragrance, and he couldn't help but nod his head and exclaimed: "The tea is mellow and sweet, excellent!" After that, he explained with a smile to Zheng Xinghe on the side, "The girl is really different here. You see, the cups are also very well deserved, the best Ru kiln celadon! ”

Zheng Xinghe nodded amusedly, and was just about to speak, when he caught a glimpse of the figure in the corridor, his face was pale, he hurriedly opened the teacup and stood up, straightened his clothes, strode up to meet him, and saluted, "I've seen the girl." ”

Gu Sanyuan stood up unconsciously, turned around and looked over, his movements suddenly froze, and he was stunned, and the tea almost overturned. Gu Sanyuan was so anxious that he hurriedly held the cup and straightened his clothes, not even noticing that his sleeves were half wet, and hurriedly followed behind Zheng Xinghe to greet him.

"It's so cold outside, what are you doing here?" Lu Wan looked at Gu Sanyuan's half-wet sleeves amusedly, and motioned to Lu Zhi to hurry up and bring up a dry handkerchief.

Gu Sanyuan was embarrassed by Lu Wan's face, his arm unconsciously shrank back, pulled his wet sleeve with one hand, and smiled uncomfortably: "This, the etiquette cannot be wasted." The girl is the master, and we should have respected ......"

"Whoever is disrespectful is not on this." Lu Wan shook her head with a smile, with a bit of nonchalant in her tone, but as if she didn't notice Gu Sanyuan's discomfort at all, she motioned for the two of them to enter the room and sit while talking.

Zheng Xinghe glanced at Gu Sanyuan with a smile, followed Lu Wan into the house, and sat next to the chair below Lu Wan.

Gu Sanyuan looked at Lu Wan's face, and only felt extremely embarrassed, but he was embarrassed to say anything, so he had to sit down below with Zheng Xinghe.

Lu Zhi brought a little girl to serve tea again, and when it came to Gu Sanyuan, he quietly handed over a piece of dry handkerchief.

Gu Sanyuan was embarrassed and couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, his old face turned red, he hurriedly thanked him, took the handkerchief very quickly, put it in his sleeve indiscriminately, and looked at Lu Wan who was breezy above, only to feel that his heart was beating and beating.

He had only seen this girl twice before, through the curtain. Just listening to the voice, he probably guessed that his master was not very old...... But the little girl in front of her looks like thirteen? Or fourteen? It's not even time yet! He really didn't expect it! Hey, this looks too good...... It's a bit of a dazzle! How can such a little girl be her own master?

The more Gu Sanyuan thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still, his mind was buzzing, and he subconsciously glanced at Zheng Xinghe.

Seeing the humble smile on Zheng Xinghe's face, Gu Sanyuan's messy mind instantly sobered up, this is the big shopkeeper of Jingfeng Pharmacy, he can see the actions just now, even if the big shopkeeper Zheng is afraid that he is not so dedicated to the master in front of him...... The year before last, if it wasn't for the girl's action, he might still be in prison at this time, and maybe he would have been in a different place long ago......

Lu Wan glanced at Gu Sanyuan, there was a smile in his eyes, but he didn't say much, and turned to Zheng Xinghe and asked, "The fourth child said that you can't get a few things wrong?" ”

"Yes, it's mostly about the seagoing vessels." Zheng Xinghe nodded and replied in an orderly manner, "Most of the things on the medicine store's side are in order. Several leaders of the eighteen departments of South Vietnam took our people to Miaojiang twice, and this trade route was passed, and our people could go directly to Miaojiang to collect medicine in the future. ”

Lu Wan listened attentively, put down the teacup, and sighed at Zheng Xinghe: "We have been operating in South Vietnam for four years, and we have spent so much thought, we don't want to throw money into it, if this trade route is not open again, we should ask the leaders of the eighteen departments of South Vietnam for debts." ”

"The girl said very well, with the past few years of operation, we have a little foundation in South Vietnam anyway." The smile on Zheng Xinghe's face deepened, and he nodded and said with a smile, "This side is secondary, the key is still Wu Di's side, we don't have any foundation, and the business of sea ships has always been easy to attract people's eyes, if someone supports it, it can be safer." ”

"There's no need to rush this, the important thing is to prepare the boat and people first." Lu Wan took Zheng Xinghe's words lightly, pinched the teacup, and muttered for a moment, a smile overflowed between her eyebrows, and her tone was a little cunning, "We want to do business at sea, and the movement will not be small, but I am afraid that we can't hide it, so I simply dew some wind and let them guess slowly." Wu Di is mixed, there will only be more people who want to take our boat, we don't have to move, wait for them to come to the door by themselves! ”

Is this going to be -- sit on the ground and start the price?

Zheng Xinghe took a breath, with shock, admiration and emotion in his eyes. The girl has always been open to business, and she can see far, they have no foundation in Wudi, and now in the past, they are really empty gloves white wolves! But it is precisely because there is no foundation that people can guess countless possibilities, which may be due to the mixed situation of Wu Di, which is the confidence of them to sit on the ground and start the price!

"Don't worry, girl, this is easy to do! As for the sea boat, I have already asked people to ask, and the two empty ships of the Shen family are priced at 30,000 taels of silver. Those two boats have been idle for five or six years, and they are moldy and rotten, and the price should be able to be pressed again. ”

Zheng Xinghe nodded in agreement, paused, Fang smiled and frowned and asked, "It's just that this person's problem is a bit tricky. The girl also knew that there were many people in Wu Di who had done the sea boat business, but only the Shen family really did it. But the shipwrights of the Shen family are eight or nine years old. Everything else can be handled, but the pilot can't be sloppy. I asked people to look for half a year, and found out that there is a person surnamed Ding, named Ding Qianwang, 53 years old this year, his son is also a boatman, father and son have followed the Shen family's ship to the sea, know the road, and can also see the sky. Ding Qianwang was also the head of the Shen family's fleet back then, that is, after the death of the old man Shen, he followed the second master of the Shen family out and lost several times, and then he was resigned by the Shen family, and now he has been idle at home for several years. This person has a strange temperament, at first he said that he didn't want to board the ship again in his life, I asked his son to help persuade a few words, but he didn't say this anymore, that is, he had to see the owner with his own eyes to death, and he didn't let go of his persuasion. I wanted to meet him in the name of a girl, but who knew that as soon as I entered the door, I would be beaten out. ”

"The old man has experienced a lot of winds and waves in his life, so naturally it is not easy to fool. I probably have this in mind, so you should take care of it for the time being, and then set the ship down first. Lu Wan held the teacup, took a sip slowly, looked over Zheng Xinghe, and landed on Gu Sanyuan, who was holding the tea with wide eyes and a shocked face, but he was stunned, hesitating and not daring to make a sound, his eyes flashed with a hint of banter, and he smiled: "Shopkeeper Gu is not used to drinking this tea?" Without waiting for Gu Sanyuan's reaction, he turned his head and instructed Green Branch, "Give Shopkeeper Gu a cup of Longjing." ”

"No, no, no!" Gu Sanyuan came back to his senses, choked on a mouthful of tea, hurriedly stood up, and said in a panic while coughing: "Miss Xie, I, cough cough, below, that, this tea is good, excellent!" No need to change, no need to change! ”

Zheng Xinghe raised his eyebrows, looked at Gu Sanyuan's incoherent appearance speechlessly, and couldn't help but hold his forehead and sigh, and at the same time felt a little emotional and funny.

When he saw the girl for the first time, he was even more surprised than Gu Sanyuan. At that time, the girl was not yet nine years old, and she looked so beautiful that you couldn't take your eyes off it, and he really thought that he was in the wrong place...... But after all, I have seen a little bit of the world with my old club, and I know that there are no wonders in the world, and some people are born with intelligence. The deceased old man of the Shen family is like this, and it is said that the money can be multiplied several times with a turn in his hand. It's a pity that none of the descendants of the younger generations have an old man Xiao, let alone the same ability as the old man, but I am afraid that one finger will not be able to reach it.

But their girl's granddaughter is the most like the old man. The girl is now less than fourteen years old...... In the future, I am afraid that the blue is better than the blue. He followed the girl, and the business has been getting better and better in recent years, and it has become bigger and bigger. Now that a new business has been built, it seems that the business will be on the sea, and in a few years, it will be a different story......

Zheng Xinghe thought about it, his heart was faintly eager, and he only felt a sense of pride from the soles of his feet.